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Economic studies of indigenous and traditional knowledge / edited by Nirmal Sengupta.
Penn Museum Library HB126.I4 E258 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--India.
- Economics.
- Ethnoscience--Economic aspects--India.
- Ethnoscience.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Indigenous and traditional knowledge
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Academic Foundation in association with the Indian Economic Association Trust for Research and Development, 2007.
- Summary:
- Contributed articles in the Indian context.
- Contents:
- 2 Tribal Man in the Humid Tropics / P.S. Ramakrishnan 31
- Humid Tropics-A Unique Ecosystem Type
- Forest Farming
- Animal Husbandry
- Distortions in the Relationship between Man and Nature
- Man and Nature: Building The Bridge
- 3 Marine Fisheries: Knowledge, Production and Distribution / K.T. Thomson 57
- The Study Area
- Location of Fish
- Seasonal Distribution of Fish in Colachel
- Major Instruments of Production
- Cooperation and the Labour Processes
- Seasons and the Natural Selection of Labour Processes
- Communal Property and the Community
- Cooperation, Hierarchy and Economic Organisation of Work in Colachel
- Distribution of the Social Product
- Other Economic Relations
- 4 Housing-Public Policy Priorities / Aromar Revi 97
- Current Situation
- An Action Plan for Rural Housing
- 5 Neglected Sources of Irrigation / Nirmal Sengupta 121
- Extent of User-friendly Irrigation
- Data Sources
- Current Trends and Decay
- Scope of Extension
- 6 Arsenic Catastrophe and a Safer Tradition / Meera M. Hira Smith 147
- Maintenance
- Additional Note
- 7 The Economy of Homestead Garden / Mouchumi K. Borgohain 161
- The Findings
- The Role of Homestead Garden
- 8 Intellectual Property Rights: Options Assessment / Aparna Bhagirathy 175
- Intellectual Property Protection in Knowledge Goods
- Economics of Intellectual Property Rights
- Cumulative Innovation Theories
- A Cumulative Innovation Model for Traditional Knowledge
- The Model
- 9 Economics of Bioprospecting / Pushpam Kumar, Nori Tarui 203
- Value of the Benefits from Bioprospecting: Review of Literature
- A Critical Evaluation
- 10 Marketing of Ayurvedic Medicine / Madhulika Banerjee 221
- Dabur: "A 100 Years of Caring"
- Product Profiling: From Drug to Concept
- Positioning and the Politics of Images
- Packaging the Social Character of a Commodity
- Conclusion: Power, Culture, Medicine
- 11 Pollution Control by Natural Dyes / G. Badri Narayanan 255
- Literature Review
- Possible Extensions
- 12 From Carcass Disposal to Social Empowerment / T. Ramasami 287
- Background of the Project
- Carcass Recovery and Utilisation
- The Kolhapuri Footwear
- Costs and Benefits
- Patenting and Commercialisation
- 13 Crafts in a Globalising World / Aparna Bhagirathy, Nirmal Sengupta 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-318) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788171885862
- 8171885861
- OCLC:
- 148670332
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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